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    Chicken won’t go in hen house at night

    My little chicks did the same, and would break out and go to the downstairs part of the coop that just had hardware cloth. Some got wet from rain and died of hypothermia. I got a few more and one accidentally turned out to be a roo. He always made sure the girls went to bed and sat in the...
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    Chicken won’t go in hen house at night

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    Comment by 'chicksneedhelp' in article 'Norwegian style chicken coop'

    Wow! Great job!
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    Chicken bite by possum.

    How has your girl been doing? Yesterday evening I found a possum going into the coop and hiding behind the rooster. I got a tool and pushed it out. So glad I got there when he did!
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    Chicken bite by possum.

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    What killed Henry?

    Thank you all for your thoughts. I'll be off to Tractor Supply tomorrow for more hardware cloth and animal traps! We live in the woods where there are bobcats, coyotes, owls and foxes in addition to raccoons and possums and copperheads etc. So my 4 chickens do have a lot of predators.
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    What killed Henry?

    When I went to lock the chickens up tonight I found Henry rooster collapsed - his head and long neck had been pulled through the wires of his enclosed and covered yard. All the feathers were gone from his head and neck, which was broken. He was bloodied but not eaten! Who would have done that...
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    Making poultry nipples!

    My chickens just figured it out when I showed them how water dripped from the nipple when touched... However, I only have 5 chickens, with 2 roosters so 2 coops - and I've used the Avian Misers chicken waterers which work wonderfully, keeping the water clean and readily available. In winter...
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    Hatching Chicks

    Well, I was so looking forward to baby chicks! But I did get 10 lovely eggs! Thanks so much for the advice!
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    Hatching Chicks

    Oh thank you! So the broody hen would sit on the nest from the first egg, and kept it and all subsequent eggs consistently warm? My little monkeys are probably wondering why all those eggs are still there...
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    Hatching Chicks

    I have 3 hens and a rooster in a large coop. The hens started a deep nest in an area I can't reach easily. I kept raking the eggs out, then thought maybe they want to go broody so I should leave them. It's been 5 days, and the nest is full of eggs, but nobody sits on the eggs. The nights...
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    Can't figure this out!

    They have been getting Feather Fixer, then mixed with Purina feed with Omega 3 to transition them back to the Omega 3 feed. They get some Romaine lettuce in the morning and a cherry tomato or two in the afternoon for treats, plus occasional other treats like scratch. They have their own...
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    Can't figure this out!

    I have 6 hens and 2 roosters in 3 different coops. In one are 3 hens and a roo, and no one has been laying for months. They are +2 1/2 years old, active, eating and drinking well. Two RR hens have pinkish combs that fall over (one paler than the other and looking raggedy with white feathers...
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    Pecking order and feather loss

    Thanks for the info! Henny did have a hard day yesterday, but I kept her separated from the others most of both days, then let them get together at night. They seem to do fine when they roost, and I think they're doing better during the day but want to be sure Henny has food and water so...
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    Pecking order and feather loss

    I have 4 hens and a rooster who have been together almost 2 years. Last fall one hen started squawking most of the day, and the others chased and pecked her so she couldn't eat or drink. So I put her in a coop by herself and she is now feathered and looks good except for a pink comb that...
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